sit-down meeting

"I will certainly give them the courtesy of a sit-down meeting to hear the issues, and we'll see how it goes," Phillips said today.

When the gangs fought openly over the territory, Tammany Hall called them to a sit-down meeting.

Stand-up meetings always are shorter than sit-down meetings.

"Sit-down meetings tend to be more relaxed.

According to Chad, Flea and Frusciante eventually had a sit-down meeting with each other to air out their differences.

Brian Cashman never invited Roger Clemens for a sit-down meeting to discuss Clemens's retirement plans.

This one got to the White House not for a handshake but for a real sit-down meeting with none other than the old screening-tightener-upper, Mr. Clinton himself.

Aug. '06- Helped negotiate positive changes (including more exposure and higher prize purses) for the women at X-Games during a sit-down meeting with the president of ESPN.

"Importantly, we already had a comprehensive maternity policy in place, so the first thing that happened was a sit-down meeting with Caroline to go through the policy and make sure she knew what to expect.

FBI documents indicate that DeCavalcante once prevented Miranda from being killed by speaking up for him at a sit-down meeting after Miranda robbed another mobster while working for DeCavalcante.

Woody Woodward, the Seattle general manager, said he had had no sit-down meeting with the Mets' people, but that was because he had told them he wasn't interested in what they were offering for Hanson or Johnson.

For the first time in recent memory, 1,500 New York City high school students skipped classes, marched for two miles and got what they wanted: a sit-down meeting with school administrators, who have agreed to meet with students again and listen to their demands.